The noise on children's medical wards at night exceeds the maximum limit recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO), and is significantly louder than in their bedrooms at home, a small ...

Toddlers make their fair share of noise. But they also have a lot of noise to contend with — a television blaring, siblings squabbling, a car radio blasting, grownups talking. Amid all that clatter, ...

Announcements blare from overhead speakers. Electronic devices beep. Heating and cooling systems rumble. Employees and visitors speak loudly. This sound snapshot, researchers say, comes not from a ...